( zoro glances up to catch a glimpse of nami across the room, brows seeming perpetually furrowed. at the very least, he lets go of the hilt of the wado, letting it rest on the floor beside him, fingers flexing when he realizes how tightly he's been clutching it. with a small sigh, he draws his knees in towards his chest, practically huddling over his phone. )
( zoro just. sets his phone face down on the floor, scrubs his face with his hands and stays that way for a long moment — and then finally pushes himself to his feet and crosses the room, sitting down beside nami on the edge of the bed. it's probably the first time he's moved in days without the wado in hand or on his person. )
I'm sorry — I don't want you to be mad, I just. ( tentatively, he reaches to settle his hand on top of hers, fingers interlinking. ) The thought of losing you is making me kind of crazy and I can't stop thinking about it.
( the general desire to cover up the trauma of the attack with being extra cutesy is there, but nami's gaze falls down to their hold, the fingertips on her opposite hand tracing zoro's knuckles. she doesn't know how to say that being attacked hasn't made her lose any faith in zoro — not in his dedication to her, not in his strength. it doesn't really change anything, but that her throat hurts and that the thought of being alone gives her so much anxiety she wants to break out in hives. )
You didn't lose me. I'm here. ( she looks at him, watery, before rolling her eyes at herself, mouth turning up self-deprecatingly. ) I'm just scared. I don't want you to punish yourself.
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Date: 2024-10-15 12:30 am (UTC)( zoro glances up to catch a glimpse of nami across the room, brows seeming perpetually furrowed. at the very least, he lets go of the hilt of the wado, letting it rest on the floor beside him, fingers flexing when he realizes how tightly he's been clutching it. with a small sigh, he draws his knees in towards his chest, practically huddling over his phone. )
besides
i'm not brooding
( he says, mid-brooding. )
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Date: 2024-10-15 12:39 am (UTC)if the pollution is bad, it'll rain seaweed and kelp right out of the sky
( this is obviously not true, but zoro doesn't even give her a smile. letting out a breath, )
it's not your fault, you know
it's this game
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Date: 2024-10-18 01:38 pm (UTC)it stopped being a game for me the moment you were attacked
i was right there next to you
i should've woken up
i should've stopped them or told them to take me instead
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Date: 2024-10-18 02:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-10-18 03:18 pm (UTC)no
i just hate feeling so fucking defenseless
( unsaid: useless, considering his whole "thing" is fighting people and protecting his crew. )
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Date: 2024-10-18 04:29 pm (UTC)you could be right next to me making me feel better for getting strangled
instead you’re over there pouting
what do you think i’m more mad about?
that you couldn’t save me, or that you aren’t comforting me?
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Date: 2024-10-18 08:55 pm (UTC)I'm sorry — I don't want you to be mad, I just. ( tentatively, he reaches to settle his hand on top of hers, fingers interlinking. ) The thought of losing you is making me kind of crazy and I can't stop thinking about it.
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Date: 2024-10-22 12:31 am (UTC)I'm not really mad.
( the general desire to cover up the trauma of the attack with being extra cutesy is there, but nami's gaze falls down to their hold, the fingertips on her opposite hand tracing zoro's knuckles. she doesn't know how to say that being attacked hasn't made her lose any faith in zoro — not in his dedication to her, not in his strength. it doesn't really change anything, but that her throat hurts and that the thought of being alone gives her so much anxiety she wants to break out in hives. )
You didn't lose me. I'm here. ( she looks at him, watery, before rolling her eyes at herself, mouth turning up self-deprecatingly. ) I'm just scared. I don't want you to punish yourself.